wget, aria2c, etc.

From	Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux, comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject	wget, aria2c, etc.
Date	2013-04-26 16:48 +0000
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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>>>>> J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> writes:

	[Cross-posting to news:comp.protocols.tcp-ip, just in case.]

[...]

 > As a first step one could use wget, but the best choice is prozilla
 > --

 >       <http://sourceforge.NET/projects/prozilla/>

 > The advantage with prozilla being that if download suspend/reconnect
 > is allowed, if your large download fails, you do not have to start
 > from scratch.

	As in $ wget -c?

$ wget --help 
...
  -c,  --continue                resume getting a partially-downloaded file.
...
$ 

	But given a solid distribution infrastructure, with Metalink
	files and magnet: URIs all over the place, I'd probably
	recommend aria2c(1) at once instead.

[...]

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